Enduring Understandings: Scientists follow a process to make new discoveries. Celebrations and traditions are often tied to seasons Cycles are patterns of predictable stages and events. Life evolves around cycles.
Essential Questions EQ1: What cycles affect us in our daily life? EQ2: Why do all living things have life cycles? EQ3: How are celebrations connected to cycles? EQ4: How do we measure and track cycles? EQ5: Why do different people/cultures celebrate different things?
(help to demonstrate understanding of EUs and EQs)
Cycle activity #1 (weather change in seasons affect living things) Using the cameras, students went out to the OLE to capture images about the looks of fall (winter/spring,/summer); downloaded them onto the laptop and made a poster with the images to produce a seasonal cycle book which illustrates by posters with images of the four seasons.
Cycle activity #2 ( Life cycle of the mealworm) With the digital microscope, students examine the look and body parts of the mealworm, count the number of segments, etc. The camera in the microscope records the change of its growth in different stages of the life cycle. These are posted and observations are reported in the science book.
Cycle activity #3 (The tree cycle booklet) With an appropriate program, students communicate their understanding of a tree cycle by creating a booklet with pictures of its different stages.
Enduring Understandings:
Scientists follow a process to make new discoveries.
Celebrations and traditions are often tied to seasons
Cycles are patterns of predictable stages and events.
Life evolves around cycles.
Essential Questions
EQ1: What cycles affect us in our daily life?
EQ2: Why do all living things have life cycles?
EQ3: How are celebrations connected to cycles?
EQ4: How do we measure and track cycles?
EQ5: Why do different people/cultures celebrate different things?
Web Links/Online Resources:
(support and guide students to acquire and make meanings of knowledge and skill for the EQs and EQs)Silk Worm
Let's talk about insect
Insects and bugs http://interactivesites.weebly.com/insects-and-bugs.html
Life Cycles http://interactivesites.weebly.com/life-cycles.html
Living Things http://interactivesites.weebly.com/living-things.html
Insect Hunt
Productivity tools:
(help to demonstrate understanding of EUs and EQs)Cycle activity #1 (weather change in seasons affect living things)
Using the cameras, students went out to the OLE to capture images about the looks of fall (winter/spring,/summer); downloaded them onto the laptop and made a poster with the images to produce a seasonal cycle book which illustrates by posters with images of the four seasons.
Cycle activity #2 ( Life cycle of the mealworm)
With the digital microscope, students examine the look and body parts of the mealworm, count the number of segments, etc. The camera in the microscope records the change of its growth in different stages of the life cycle. These are posted and observations are reported in the science book.
Cycle activity #3 (The tree cycle booklet)
With an appropriate program, students communicate their understanding of a tree cycle by creating a booklet with pictures of its different stages.